UN to scale up efforts for global goals and a resilient COVID-19 recovery at inaugural event

 

WHAT: United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Coordination Segment

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations will come together to mobilize action for a resilient recovery guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)at the inaugural UN ECOSOC Coordination Segment.

The Coordination Segment will address the main annual theme -“Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” – and provide guidance towards the high-level segment of ECOSOC and the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July.

The Coordination Segment will focus on the following priority areas to accelerate action towards the SDGs: equitable global access to vaccines; basic universal health coverage; universal social protection; new food systems that reduce poverty and hunger; reversing deforestation, biodiversity loss and pollution; sustainable and inclusive growth paths; women’s empowerment; transparent and accountable institutions; an inclusive digital transformation; and a stronger focus on the most vulnerable. The Council will also focus on strengthening the impact of the ECOSOC system’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda.

WHEN: 3 and 4 February 2022

WHERE: Live through http://webtv.un.org 

WHO:

  • ECOSOC President Collen Vixen Kelapile
  • ECOSOC Vice-President Suriya Chindawongse
  • UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
  • Over 30 Chairs of ECOSOC subsidiary bodies and Heads of UN system entities

Programmeand more details: http://www.un.org/ecosoc/coordination/

Social media:@UNECOSOC (Twitter; Facebook); un_ecosoc (Instagram); #GlobalGoals

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Paul Simon | UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs | T: +1 (917) 367-5027 | E: simonp@un.org

Helen Rosengren | UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs | T: +1 (212) 963-9492 | E: rosengrenh@un.org